What did socialist believe in?

Government ownership of business

What happen in a direct primary?

Party members vote for candidate to run in general election, Party members vote for delegates to the party's convention

What was Upton Sinclair muckraking focused on?

Abuses in meat packing industry

What did the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire lead to

Building codes requiring fire escapes

Why did Teddy Roosevelt try to win the Republican nomination in 1912?

Taft had failed to live up to progressive ideals

What did Wilson believe would lower tariff rates for American companies?

Improve products and lower prices

Northern Securities v. United States case, the Supreme Court ruled that Northern Securities

Violated the Sherman Antitrust Act

How did Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" reform platform differ from Roosevelt's New Nationalism

Roosevelt regulated Trust, Wilson eliminated them

Why was Wisconsin known as the "laboratory of democracy?"

They supported direct primaries

Which of the following was not considered part of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal

Reducing America's international influence

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Progressive Era Quiz

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1
Which of the following was NOT an example of a political reform made during the Progressive Era
Referendum
Pardon
Direct Election of Senators
Initiative
2
Which progressive gov't reform allowed voters to propose a statue, amendment, and an ordinance?
Initiative
Direct Primary
Referendum
Recall
3
What did socialist believe in?
Government ownership of business
No government
Government regulation of business
Private ownership of business
4
How did the Constitution originally specify U.S senators would be elcted
Leaders of the majority party
Voters of each state
Majority party in each state
The legislature of each state
5
What happen in a direct primary?
Party members vote for candidate to run in general election
State legislator vote for delegates to the partys convention
State legislators vote for a candidate to run in election
Party members vote for delegates to the party's convention
6
What was Upton Sinclair muckraking focused on?
Harsh conditions of New York's slums
Dangerous Medicines
Political Corruption
Abuses in meat packing industry
7
What reform allowed voters to get a special election to remove an elected official from office
Direct Primary
Iniative
Recall
Referendum
8
What did the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire lead to
Building codes requiring fire escapes
Standards for safe use of machines
Child labor laws
Laws against harmful fumes
9
What did laissez fair advocates argue the best way to preserve public land was
Keep it under gov't control and not allow companies to use
Sell to private individuals
Keep under gov't control, but allow its use for development
Sell it to lumber companies
10
Why did Teddy Roosevelt try to win the Republican nomination in 1912?
Taft did not deal with trust aggressively enough
Taft was too slow in pushing for tariff reform
Taft had failed to live up to progressive ideals
He felt Taft could not defeat Woodrow Wilson
11
What did Wilson believe would lower tariff rates for American companies?
Go out of business
Invest in foreign companies
Form larger trust
Improve products and lower prices
12
Crusading journalist who investigated social conditions and political corruption...
Efficiency Provressives
Muckrakers
Reformers
Suffragists
13
Northern Securities v. United States case, the Supreme Court ruled that Northern Securities
Violated the Clayton Antitrust Act
Would be supervised by the Department of Labor and Commerece
Would be supervised by the Interstate Commerce Com
Violated the Sherman Antitrust Act
14
The Women's Christian Temperance Union focused on which progressive issue
Poverty
Diviorce
Child Labor
Alcohol Consumption
15
What did Teddy Roosevelt warn Willam Taft that the tariff reform would do?
Increase spending
Anger Progressives
Anger powerful business leaders
Divide the Republican Party
16
How did Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" reform platform differ from Roosevelt's New Nationalism
Roosevelt called for banking reform
Roosevelt regulated Trust, Wilson eliminated them
Wilson=Local Roosevelt=Federal
Wilson called for an increased tariff
17
Why was Wisconsin known as the "laboratory of democracy?"
Because of its antitrust laws
They supported direct primaries
Because of it's consumer protection laws
Due to their efforts for women's suffrage
18
Progressivism was a reaction against what kind of economics?
Social Darwinist
Free Trade
Laissez faire
Conservative
19
Which of the following was not considered part of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Conserving American's Resources
Reducing America's international influence
Controlling trust and corporations
Providing consumer protection

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